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Yoga for Cholesterol

Practising yoga for cholesterol plays an important role in helping balance cholesterol levels. Include these 5 asanas in your daily practice of yoga to deal with cholesterol issues.

How my life changed after 7 days of gratitude.

I took a 100 day gratitude challenge and here’s what happened in the first 7 days.

Yoga for Back Pain

Back pain issues have become very common these days due to a sedentary lifestyle, long working hours, less body movement, unhealthy eating habits, wrong postures, etc. Yoga for back pain helps activate blood circulation to your entire spine, practise these 5 postures everyday.

Man Vs. yoga; Celebrate the yogi in you

Can men practise yoga? Yoga makes you strong and it helps you to become a better version of yourself. It teaches you the art of living and how to balance life in all favourable and unfavourable situations.

Yoga for thyroid gland

Yoga is a proven technique in stimulating and massaging various organs that help bring the body to an optimal condition. One of the most vital organs in our body is the thyroid gland. Yoga for thyroid gland includes simples asanas that are not only effective for the thyroid gland but the entire body.

Yoga to improve memory power

If you’re looking for ways to improve memory this is the blog for you. Read the blog to know more.

Yoga to manage diabetes

Yoga for diabetes can help to activate blood circulation to the pancreas region by simply practising these 5 yoga asanas on an empty stomach every day.

Let your kid take baby steps towards mindfulness

Yoga for kids is one of the best ways to help your kid get the most of their growing years.

Yoga for Indigestion

Indigestion is widely known as upset stomach and dyspepsia. These symptoms occur often or occasionally. Digestive system problems are common but each person will experience them in a different way.

Diwali - the festival of lights. The symbol of personal triumphs.

Diwali, known as the ‘festival of lights’ is celebrated in India with much pomp and fervor, lights, crackers, sweets, new clothes, holiday delight and cheer all around.

Yoga for stress

Stress is not only mental but also have physical impacts. Practise yoga for stress to manage the often neglected symptoms and effects of stress.

Yoga for Kidney

Kidneys are one of the most important organs in the body and should be taken proper care of. In your practice of yoga for kidney health, you are helping the entire body.

Yoga for frozen shoulder

Have you ever felt pain in your shoulders that comes with a lack of mobility or looked for numerous ways to deal with a frozen shoulder? This blog will help you figure out the best yoga asanas to deal with frozen shoulder. Read to know more.

Yoga for anger management: Top 5 poses for anger control

Anger is an emotion we all have felt at least once in our lives. Yoga for anger management works wonders to release this negative emotion and replace it with positive reinforcements.

Yoga for the brain

Yoga for the brain, sounds a bit strange, doesn’t it? Read to know how you can unlock your super brain with yoga.

Importance of balance in life

Balance is what makes you, gives you a definite personality and determines how you react to situations in your life.

How to breathe properly? Read to know more.

The science of breathing is ill-explored, as it comes to us naturally, we don't give it the attention it deserves. These simple breathing exercises will help you recognize how to breathe properly through yoga.

Ways to lose weight without losing interest

All of us have been there, looking for ways to lose weight but not being able to cultivate the discipline required. Read to know ways to lose weight without losing interest.

How to be productive all day? Here’s the answer.

How to be productive all day? Look no further, Yoga is your answer.

Yoga for Self Acceptance: 5 Best Ways to Boost Your Self Esteem with Yoga

Yoga for self acceptance directs us towards experiencing our true self by going through various yogic lifestyle changes. Read to know more.

Yoga helps the heart and your relationship

Yoga is a great tool to build trust, love and understanding in your relationships. Read on as we suggest you couple yoga poses that you can practise with your loved one.

SARVA - relieving myths about yoga, asana by asana

Myths about yoga, a 5000-year ancient practice has been circulating for a long. Read this blog as we clear up some uncommon and common myths about yoga.

How to slow down ageing process with yoga

The only constant in life is change and ageing is an inevitable part of it. In this blog, we’ll help you understand how to slow down ageing with yoga.

Coffee vs Yoga

To all you coffee lovers out there, 1st October is the International day of coffee and boy, do we love that cup of hot-steaming-sweet smelling elixir in the morning! But first, let's play, COFFEE or YOGA!

Break-up with heartbreak

Break-ups are difficult but we’ve got you covered.

How to put your mind to mindfulness

Have you heard of mindfulness? It’s the buzzword in fitness circles. But what does it really mean? Click here to know more.

How yoga can help you sleep better

Do you sleep well at night? If you do, you are one of the lucky few. An average of 93% of Indians are sleep deprived of which only 2% are ready to discuss it.

Prenatal Yoga- Yoga for you and your baby

Prenatal yoga is nothing but yoga, it is far gentler, less vigorous, widely supported with yoga props and practised at pregnancy-friendly room temperatures. Let's address certain key essentials of prenatal yoga.

Starting yoga early and its lasting effects

Doctors and psychologists have long established that the early years of a child's life are his formative years. How a child reaches certain developmental milestones, seems to largely dictate the well-being of the child in his later years.

6 ways to deal with the lockdown stress, once again!

With speculation about an impending third wave of COVID-19 in India, and the anxiety around lockdowns and its effects on our lives. What are the ways that we can bring our lives to as close to normal as we can while being safe at home?

Essential guidelines for a fitter & healthier lifestyle

People often assume that ‘fitness’ is a short term project or a fad they can adopt for a season. But in reality, fitness is more of a lifestyle, almost like a marathon that you keep on running at a steady pace without stopping.

Yoga can resolve menstrual problems, period!

Periods are natural and nothing to fret over. However, an irregularity in your cycle shouldn’t be ignored as well. The practice of Yoga has been known to provide relief to women suffering from various symptoms and pains related to menstruation. Here are some of the yoga postures which can help you ease your menstrual discomforts.

Let your mood swings take a walk with yoga

Mood swings are often side effects or symptoms from various ailments, physical and mental. Yoga provides for the perfect neutral zone where these emotions are put to rest and are allowed to take a back seat. Here's how.

5 asanas to build your strength

Yoga poses use the isometric and unconventional contractions, a type of muscle contraction in our human body, to strengthen a muscle as it stretches. Here are some of the asanas to build that strength.

How can a healthy diet help you in losing weight

The saying, ‘You are what you eat’, applies here in every aspect. What you eat tends a great deal in shaping you physically and mentally. You can touch upon these basics and they will not fail you.

5 Yoga Exercises to improve your eyesight

Your eyes help you see and perceive the world around you, give back to them and wake up to a brighter tomorrow.

5 effective ways to combat stress and anxiety

Yoga is universally acclaimed to be the best solution for purifying the mind, body and soul. Here are a few poses that will help you ease your anxiety disorders and lead a stress free life.

Know your yoga wear

Being comfortable in your own skin is easier said than done, especially when you are physically pushing yourself outside your comfort zone in an hour-long practice of yoga. Here are some simple and sensible pointers to help you discover your perfect yoga skin.

A little yoga can give you...

The art of Yoga is not falsely glorified. There are numerous studies supported by science linking the practice of yoga with associated lifestyle changes.

Yoga makes you better-looking. But more a better person.

All of us assume beauty is just about physical appearance, but what if I told you that beauty is a lot more than that. Practising yoga regularly gets your body all charged up that brings a healthy change inside and out.

Yoga and a better quality of life

Yoga is not just an hour’s practice. It combines various facets of our everyday life to enhance it for the better.

Gastritis! Then, yoga it is.

Gastritis is a common condition, which unfortunately affects a large chunk of society today. Here are simple tips on how to avoid gastritis.

Yoga is a lifestyle

Yoga is the ancient way that forms its roots from India, but Why is it that a lifestyle which has its roots in India finds it difficult to be a part of peoples lives?

Yoga to fight seasonal allergies

Each season has its unique beauty. But while we're enjoying the warm sun or the scenic rains we are also vulnerable to suffer from seasonal allergies and illnesses.

Yoga for Flexibility

Yoga works as an all-around facilitator for a flexible mind and body.

Yoga offers the right support for Post Polio Syndrome

Yoga is a practice that can help a person suffering from Post Polio Syndrome to strengthen the bones and muscles so that their meagre daily activities can be carried out without hindrance.

Connect with your mind, body and soul. And your partner.

Couples who practice yoga together report heightened feelings of well-being and togetherness, greater understanding and balance.

One thing every mom must do, to do everything

Motherhood is challenging. In the constant run towards making life comfortable, self-care always takes a backseat. Let us take a look at a few asanas that will help you regain your powerful and eccentric self; which in turn gives you all the strength to be the superwoman!

Yoga improves mental health. It's a no-brainer!

Mental health is widely used in reference to an individual's emotional and psychological state, and well being. Everything around is which, affects us, contributes to our mental state. Mental states are disturbed by a variety of factors.

Yoga for a healthy heart

A healthy heart is vital for a healthy life, despite age. In the recent times, age has come to be considered merely a number. As the lifestyle becomes increasingly sedentary, health issues pertaining to the heart are on the rise, knocking at one’s door without a warning.

Yoga for insomnia and sleeplessness

Have you ever found yourselves restless in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, overthinking until late in the nights? Ever wondered about what can be done to get into the peaceful realms of sleep? Well, we have a solution - Yoga.

Meditation - the quiet way to deal with anger

Meditation, a practice of quieting the mind to listen to the voice within.

A beginner's guide to building EQ

Man is an emotional entity, therefore, having a grasp on one's emotions and knowing how to manage them is essential for maintaining a balanced personality. The approach taken by many in today’s fast-paced life is to resort to unhealthy behaviours that distract them from the pain.

Meditation techniques for anger management

Meditation is the game changer in anger management and here’s how!

Being kind. The cheapest investment in healthcare.

Being kind is not an act of weakness, as it is often presumed so. Kindness takes form in great strength, only he who can be completely accepted in his stride can be consistent in his kind actions.

Yoga in the morning vs. Yoga in the evening

Morning and evening yoga both have their own pros and cons which depends on one's lifestyle, work conditions and individual requirements. Read the blog and decide which one is for you.

Yoga – A Retreat For Your Mind

Taking relaxing breaks to unwind is something we all subscribe to. Being able to connect with nature and with yourself is what gives you a fresh perspective and renewed zest for life. Let’s see how Yoga serves as a retreat!

Build your ability for flexibility

Here are a few poses which help you get that extra stretch and release stiffness throughout the body.

Yoga asanas specifically for cricketers. Howzzat!

Cricket is a sport that is loved and worshipped in India! Cricket has an undeniable large following and we have some yoga asanas that might help the cricketers to keep their fitness on the top!

High-performing yoga asanas for work

The most common excuse by this not so fitness conscious age group is their erratic working hours. While three deep breaths temporarily relieve your stress before an important meeting, the following yoga poses can be done out of your cubicle or chairs or desks to make your workstation a stress-free zone.

Manage yoga in your day. Manage anger, for life.

"Yoga helps people stay with the wave of anger all the way to the other end.” Here are a few asanas that help you control yourself from turning red!

5 tricks to trick your headache away.

A common health issue that the present generation faces is a headache. If you aren’t too fond of popping a pill for headaches, worry not! Here are a few asanas to help you fight that battle within your head!

Paddle Board Yoga

Paddle board Yoga is about increasing focus by doing Yoga poses on a paddle board, while on water.

5 asanas to build your kid's immunity against flu

Here are five simple yoga asanas that help regulate the immune system, keep it strong and healthy to endure infections and boosts the immune function.

Start Investing in Yoga for Your Employees

Health is wealth is an age-old saying but for a company, its employee’s health is a gold mine. There are many ways to keep a healthy mind, body, and soul and what’s better than Yoga?

Can Yoga help improve creativity

Yoga is a practice widely known to expand the mind, rewire the brain and rejuvenate the body. This makes it a powerful tool to incite creativity and a shift of changes which transforms you to become your creative best.

Boost your stamina with these five effective yoga asanas

‘Mind over matter’, is an age-old saying that holds true in every challenge we face. Whether the hurdle is a mental or physical one, it is only conquered when one pushes their limits and gets out of their comfort zone. Let's explore these five yoga asanas to unleash the path to absolute stamina and energy.

Learn the subtle art of being patient, with yoga

Patience is often held as a high virtue. Practising patience on and off the mat is a large part of the Yogic philosophy. Patience brings balance to the mind and body allowing the individual to wade through situations and challenges at ease.

Yoga for men- Myths and Reality

Yoga is a holistic practice, which effectively strengthens the body, mind, and the spirit. Unfortunately, a common misconception that ‘yoga is for women’ gets in the way of men experiencing the miracles of practising yoga.

Diet guide - What to eat before & after a yoga class

Yoga is not just what you do on the mat but also how you take care of yourself off the mat! Pairing the yoga practice with a healthy diet will help you enhance the yoga lifestyle!

Yoga for Glowing Skin in Winter

This winter try something natural, try yoga poses that will help you get glowing skin.

Getting married? Commit to yoga.

Planning a wedding and being mentally and physically ready for the nuptials is not a task for the faint-hearted. Here are some of the asanas for bride to be.

Yoga for Winter

Here are a few tips and yoga poses that can help you manage your body and health better in winter.

Yoga for tennis. Advantage, you.

Tennis players have many challenges to keep themselves mentally and physically aligned. Here are few postures which can help you for best preparations to improve your game and coordination between body and movements of the body with a focused and a calm mind.

The best thing to have on your resume - Yoga.

Why Yoga? You’re about to find out.

Manage Diabetes with Yoga

Is sugar the silent killer, or is it the lack of our willpower? Let’s give diabetes a positive spin. Good management of Diabetes may even make you stronger and healthier than your counterparts in many ways.

Beginner’s Guide: How Yoga is beneficial for Weight Loss

Yoga can be a little intimidating for beginners looking for weight loss. Here's what you need to know about yoga for weight loss.

How Yoga can make you a kinder person. Feel more life. Per breath.

“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” – Henry James Yoga your way to kindness.

Indulge in Diwali sweets guilt-free!

The festival of lights is the most awaited festival of the year in India, with family, friends, lights, sweets, and savouries aplenty. But how can you keep the extra pounds away? Don’t worry, we wouldn’t suggest that you lay off the sweets, that would be blasphemy! The secret is to make a shift in your metabolism and keep your core active. Here's how.

A story of sweat and success

Transformation stories are close to our hearts, the various forms of yoga at Sarva’s studios deliver astonishing results. Pooja Jain, a happy and satisfied client of our studio shares her transformation journey with us.

Breakfast on the go

Breakfast literally means to break the fast. Here are some quick breakfast ideas that require very little effort but when put into practice will make your morning rush routine eating habits a hell lot healthier.

Yoga workouts that work on your gut

Yoga offers a lot of health benefits and overall healing, but also has a myriad of postures that aid in digestion, circulation, and detoxification. Here are some of the yoga poses to improve gut health.

Laughter Yoga, and some serious benefits

Laughter essentially does the opposite of what anger does. It elevates your mood and mental state while you laugh and for a while well after! Here’s how.

Yoga - the crack for arthritis

Arthritis is a medical condition that results in the inflammation of joints. Here are some poses to relieve the arthritis pain.

Yoga Nidra - the sleep before the awakening

Is this state of Yogic sleep, achievable? Is it possible to surrender to thoughtless judgements and experience the moment where there is no need to distinguish between real and unreal but only deep relaxation?

Say No to unhealthy eating with Yoga

Ever had those pangs where you feel the urge to snack on something spicy or sweet? Have you been in a situation where you have just had your meal and yet crave for a quick snack? Yoga can help you achieve that self-control which is needed here.

Why Partner yoga is the best way to reconnect in your relationships?

We give different names to our relationships, but do we take the required efforts to maintain or even better our relationships? Yoga helps you rekindle your relationships by synergizing your energy with your partner!

What’s Your Spirit Animal?

Have you ever wondered which animal watches over you? Let’s find out whether any of the below animals have managed to sneak a little of themselves in your life!

Yoga is the key to world peace

Often we're conflicted within ourselves when we are faced with un-favoring situations, pessimistic emotions, or uncontrollable circumstances. And we tend to attract more chaotic situations, and unwanted difficulties, while we're cluelessly trying to figure out why everything is going wrong. Is there an explanation as to- WHY?

Does the Guru-Shishya Parampara work in a digital format?

All of us would have come across the word “Gurukula” in our history texts. What if we could bring back the Guru-Sishya Parampara? But in a digital format? Sounds outlandish?

Even on your worst day, here are a few things you can be grateful for

Some days you wake up feeling blue and on some, you feel blue because of the events occurring around you. While you might feel sad and disheartened throughout the day, here’s an exercise that will help you to turn around your sad days into happy ones.

Yoga for diabetes

Regular yoga exercises can reduce body weight which is very vital to keep diabetes under check. Yoga postures help to improve insulin sensitivity which results in better glucose uptake and blood sugar reduction. Here are some asanas to control diabetes.

Vinyasa Yoga

Vinyasa Yoga aligns a deliberate sequence of poses with the breath to achieve a continuous flow in turn developing a stronger mind-body connection.

Yoga for Kids | Vrikshasana

How does Vrikshasana is also known as “Tree Pose” help children? Let's find out.

Manage PCOS with Yoga

Here is how yoga can help you in managing PCOS.

Manage Weight With Yoga

Let’s go through some yoga asanas that will assist you in your weight loss journey.

Yoga for Kids | Bhujangasana

Bhujangasana or Cobra Pose is a reclining back-bending asana in Hatha Yoga and modern yoga as exercise.

Hot Yoga

Hot Yoga is performed under hot and humid conditions. Heat increases the blood circulation as the heart rate increases and the body burns more calories in its efforts to stay cool while exercising.

Power Yoga

Power Yoga is a composite of fast paced synchronized Yoga postures with intense fitness workouts that unite the mind and the body.

Pragya Yoga

Pragya Yoga is a practice to sharpen spiritual prudence, insight and intuition. It elevates inner consciousness within & creates an atmosphere of happiness and peace.

Aerial Yoga

Aerial Yoga comprises basic to advanced postures which can be performed in partial or fully suspended manners.

Tibetan Rites

Tibetan Rites comprises of 5 simple, dynamic yogic poses known as The 5 Tibetan Rites.

Hatha Yoga

Hatha Yoga allows the regulation of the endocrine glands and the efficiency of breathing along with promoting a feeling of calm.

Sculpt Yoga

Sculpt Yoga combines the strength of weight training with the balance and focus of yoga.

Yin Yoga

The Yin Yoga structure compliments concepts like stability in immobile posture, downward moving, passive Yoga practice to develop flexibility in accordance with the principles of nature.

Brick Yoga

Brick Yoga is a constructive type of yoga which uses a brick as a prop! It is radical yet gentle.

Yoga for lungs

This article attempts to help you with some yoga poses that will be beneficial for improving the functioning of lungs.

Satyananda Yoga

The Satyananda approach incorporates the whole individual, not just the body. Ideal for all age groups and all practitioners of Yoga.

Yoga to reduce belly fat

Here are 5 yoga asanas that are effective in reducing belly fat.

Yoga for kids

Yoga for kids helps children improve resilience, mood, and self-regulation skills. Here are some of the asanas for kids.

Yoga for knee pain

Here are asanas to relieve knee pain.

Yoga for weight loss

Here are 6 Yoga asanas that will help you in your weight loss journey.

Yoga for Thyroid

Thyroid disorder has become very common over the last decade. It is an endocrine disorder that either manifests as hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism which is excess or under-production of the thyroid hormone. Here are some of the asanas to regulate thyroid.

Yoga for brides-to-be

Yoga for brides-to-be is an article that will help you to get ready for one of the biggest and most important days of your life.